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Lee Jong-ho admits to giving 300 million won to former first lady

Lee Jong-ho, former head of Black Pearl Investment with close ties to former first lady Kim Keon Hee, admitted on Tuesday that he gave Kim checks worth 300 million won ($203,900).

2025.12.16

Actor Park Sung-woong poses for photos during a press conference for the film “Gentleman” (2022) at Megabox Seongsu in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul, on Dec. 1, 2022. [NEWS1]

Lee Jong-ho asks for cross-examination after actor claims he had dinner with Lee and ex-commander

Lee Jong-Ho, who was accused of helping a former Marine commander lobby his way out of being investigated for the death of a Marine in 2023, requested to be cross-examined with actor Park Sung-woong.

2025.11.6

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Lee Jong-ho, former head of Blackpearl Invest, appears for a hearing on his potential arrest at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Aug. 5. [NEWS1]

Close associate of ex-first lady indicted over lobbying allegations

A special counsel team said Friday it has indicted under detention a close associate of former first lady Kim Keon Hee over lobbying allegations in connection with a stock manipulation scheme.

2025.8.22

San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo celebrates with third base coach Matt Williams after hitting an RBI triple against the Cincinnati Reds during the fourth inning at Oracle Park in San Franciso on April 9. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo slugs 1st homer of season at Yankee Stadium

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants launched his first home run of the season at Yankee Stadium in his first visit to the famed ballpark in the Bronx.

2025.4.12

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok speaks at the 73rd Incheon Landing Operations Victory Ceremony at Oakwood Premier Incheon in Songdo, Incheon, Friday, attended by diplomats of countries who took part in the Korean War. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Mayor hails 1950 Incheon landing as 'symbol of peacekeeping'

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok highlighted that the Incheon landing of 1950 "marks a significant chapter in world history, comparable to the Normandy landings which also reversed the course of World War II."

2023.9.17

Minister Lee Jong-ho of Science and ICT speaks during a press briefing after reporting the ministry's policy plan for next year, at the government complex in central Seoul, Wednesday. [YONHAP]

ICT ministry to set up independent body for space projects

In its policy plan for 2023 reported to President Yoon Suk-yeol, the Ministry of Science and ICT said it will seek to formulate a bill to set up a national aeronautics administration in the second half of next year.

2022.12.28

Trial charging

Science and ICT Minister Lee Jong-ho watches a demonstration of wireless charging for electric vehicles (EVs) at a parking lot at Hyundai Motorstudio in Goyang, Gyeonggi, Tuesday.

2022.8.9

Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho, left, and Alondra Nelson, the acting director of U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) [NASA/BILL INGALLS]

ICT minister visits U.S. and discusses technology cooperation

Korea will fortify its tech alliance with the United States in latest technologies, including those related to quantum technologies, space and small modular reactors (SMR), the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday. The announcement came after ...

2022.8.2